# claon
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cláen (“stoop, slope, slant”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /kl̪ˠeːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /klˠiːnˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /klˠeːnˠ/, (older) /klˠɤːnˠ/

### Noun

claon m (genitive singular claoin, nominative plural claonta)
* incline, slope, slant
* inclination, tendency
* perversity

#### Declension

Third declension

### Adjective

claon (genitive singular masculine claoin, genitive singular feminine claoine, plural claona, comparative claoine)
* inclined, sloping, slanting
* bent down, reclining
* tending, prone to, partial to
* perverse

#### Derived terms

* claonas m (“dip”)
* naomhchlaon (“impartial”, adjective)

### Verb

claon (present analytic claonann, future analytic claonfaidh, verbal noun claonadh, past participle claonta)
* to incline

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | claonaim | claonann tú; claonair$^†$ | claonann sé, sí | claonaimid | claonann sibh | claonann siad; claonaid$^†$ | a chlaonann; a chlaonas / a gclaonann* | claontar |
| indicative | past | chlaon mé; chlaonas | chlaon tú; chlaonais | chlaon sé, sí | chlaonamar; chlaon muid | chlaon sibh; chlaonabhair | chlaon siad; chlaonadar | a chlaon / ar chlaon* | claonadh |
| indicative | past habitual | chlaonainn / gclaonainn‡‡ | chlaontá / gclaontá‡‡ | chlaonadh sé, sí / gclaonadh sé, sí‡‡ | chlaonaimis; chlaonadh muid / gclaonaimis‡‡; gclaonadh muid‡‡ | chlaonadh sibh / gclaonadh sibh‡‡ | chlaonaidís; chlaonadh siad / gclaonaidís‡‡; gclaonadh siad‡‡ | a chlaonadh / a gclaonadh* | chlaontaí / gclaontaí‡‡ |
| future | future | claonfaidh mé; claonfad | claonfaidh tú; claonfair$^†$ | claonfaidh sé, sí | claonfaimid; claonfaidh muid | claonfaidh sibh | claonfaidh siad; claonfaid$^†$ | a chlaonfaidh; a chlaonfas / a gclaonfaidh* | claonfar |
| conditional | conditional | chlaonfainn / gclaonfainn‡‡ | chlaonfá / gclaonfá‡‡ | chlaonfadh sé, sí / gclaonfadh sé, sí‡‡ | chlaonfaimis; chlaonfadh muid / gclaonfaimis‡‡; gclaonfadh muid‡‡ | chlaonfadh sibh / gclaonfadh sibh‡‡ | chlaonfaidís; chlaonfadh siad / gclaonfaidís‡‡; gclaonfadh siad‡‡ | a chlaonfadh / a gclaonfadh* | chlaonfaí / gclaonfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go gclaona mé; go gclaonad$^†$ | go gclaona tú; go gclaonair$^†$ | go gclaona sé, sí | go gclaonaimid; go gclaona muid | go gclaona sibh | go gclaona siad; go gclaonaid$^†$ | — | go gclaontar |
| subjunctive | past | dá gclaonainn | dá gclaontá | dá gclaonadh sé, sí | dá gclaonaimis; dá gclaonadh muid | dá gclaonadh sibh | dá gclaonaidís; dá gclaonadh siad | — | dá gclaontaí |
| imperative | imperative | claonaim | claon | claonadh sé, sí | claonaimis | claonaigí; claonaidh$^†$ | claonaidís | — | claontar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | claonadh | claonadh | claonadh | claonadh | claonadh | claonadh | claonadh | claonadh |
| past participle | past participle | claonta | claonta | claonta | claonta | claonta | claonta | claonta | claonta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish cláenaid, a denominative verb from Old Irish clóen. Cognate with Irish claon and Manx cleayn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰl̪ˠɯːn/

### Verb

claon (past chlaon, future claonaidh, verbal noun claonadh, past participle claonte)
* slope, incline
* veer
* squint
* (grammar) decline

#### Synonyms

* (decline): tuisealaich

#### Derived terms

* ath-chlaon (“relapse”, verb)
* neo-chlaon (“impartial, objective”)

### Adjective

claon
* sloping
* oblique